Electrical terminals are manufactured by stamping, from sheet metal stock, a blank for the terminal, forming a hole in the blank which is spaced from an edge of the blank, and driving a punch through the hole in a manner such that the surface portions of the blank which separate the hole from the edge are reoriented so that they extend transversely of the plane of the blank. These surface portions are utilized as the contact surfaces of the terminal and are substantially greater than the surface area available for contact purposes on the edge of the blank.